A model of financial securities salespersons’ job stress

Journal of Services Marketing

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 21-38

  Cameron Montgomery, Daniel ^a   Blodgett, Jeffrey G ^b   Barnes, James H ^b  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial services; Models; Roles; Salesforce; Stockbrokers; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986163947     PISSN: 08876045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08876049610119776     Document Type: Article

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